[He continues to beat on that door anyway, even if it goes nowhere.]
What was your part? Givin' someone a chance? Tryin' to make sure you knew what the hell was holdin' you against your will? Bein' promised help from someone you thought might be capable just to have 'em dick ya over?
Boy, you didn't do nothin'. Wantin' is not a crime. Now, you mighta been a little shit but that had nothin' to do with this mess. My son was a little shit and I couldn't be prouder of the man it made him.
[Again, easier to say to someone else than it is to say to himself. But maybe 'cause he was old enough to know better.]
It ain't easy to be a kid an' already got a lifetime worth of wear right up front. [He at least doesn't call them scars right out loud.] I remember what that was like. People jump to conclusions and sometimes those conclusions are pretty powerful, y'know? 'Let me show you how tough I am.' But you are still a kid, an' it'd make sense you'd wanna be strong however you could an' someone offered you that. Bein' responsible for someone else's shit don't make you look stronger in his eyes, or make him respect ya. He'd just let himself off of the hook.
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What was your part? Givin' someone a chance? Tryin' to make sure you knew what the hell was holdin' you against your will? Bein' promised help from someone you thought might be capable just to have 'em dick ya over?
Boy, you didn't do nothin'. Wantin' is not a crime. Now, you mighta been a little shit but that had nothin' to do with this mess. My son was a little shit and I couldn't be prouder of the man it made him.
[Again, easier to say to someone else than it is to say to himself. But maybe 'cause he was old enough to know better.]
It ain't easy to be a kid an' already got a lifetime worth of wear right up front. [He at least doesn't call them scars right out loud.] I remember what that was like. People jump to conclusions and sometimes those conclusions are pretty powerful, y'know? 'Let me show you how tough I am.' But you are still a kid, an' it'd make sense you'd wanna be strong however you could an' someone offered you that. Bein' responsible for someone else's shit don't make you look stronger in his eyes, or make him respect ya. He'd just let himself off of the hook.